1<\/p>\n The GP recruitment boost is hoped to ease pressure on doctors and cut patient waiting listsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n It is part of the Plan for Change initiative and will see 1,503 new doctors join the health<\/a> service.<\/p>\n It comes as Keir Starmer<\/a> yesterday announced a new investment of \u201cup to \u00a3600 million\u201d by the Government and the Wellcome Trust, a health research charity<\/a>, in a new health data research service.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister pledged to slash the number of days it takes to set up a clinical trial, from \u201cover 250\u201d to 150, in a bid to strengthen the UK\u2019s\u00a0medical sciences industry.<\/p>\n The influx of GPs has been made possible after practices were previously prevented from hiring newly qualified GPs, meaning more than 1,000 were due to graduate into unemployment.<\/p>\n Read more on GP appointments<\/p>\n At the same time, there were also 1,399 fewer fully qualified GPs than a decade prior.<\/p>\n As part of the changes, the Government invested an extra \u00a382million to allow networks of practices to hire the GPs, with funding set to continue after this year thanks to extra money announced in the Budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting<\/a>, said: “Rebuilding our broken NHS<\/a> starts with fixing the front door. We inherited a ludicrous situation where patients couldn’t get a GP appointment, while GPs couldn’t get a job.<\/p>\n “By cutting red tape<\/a> and investing more in our NHS, we have put an extra 1,503 GPs into general practice to deliver more appointments.<\/p>\n “The extra investment and reforms we have made will allow patients to book appointments more easily, to help bring back the family doctor and end the 8am scramble<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It is only because of the necessary decisions we took to increase employer National Insurance that we are able to recruit more GPs and deliver better services for patients. The extra investment and reform this government is making, as part of its Plan for Change, will get the NHS back on its feet and make it fit for the future.”<\/p>\n NHS patients lined up in A&E corridor<\/p>\n Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director for Primary Care and Community Services,\u00a0added: “Improving access to general practice is an NHS priority and GP teams are delivering 29 million appointments every month \u2013 up a fifth since before\u00a0the pandemic<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut we have more to do to make it easier for patients to see their local GP, so practice teams should continue to use this funding to best effect by recruiting more GPs, so more patients can be seen more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n As part of the Budget, the government looked to provide almost \u00a326billion to get the NHS back on its feet and make it fit for the future.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/middle-aged-man-asian-decent-985521264.jpg\")
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